Listed below are the foreword page and the table of contents.
Many of the stories found in this publication are featured in the GKP Thematic Knowledge Hub. Click on the links within the Table of Contents to read these individual stories.
Foreword
This publication by the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) highlights initiatives that are using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to make a real and meaningful difference in communities around the world, no matter how disadvantaged or isolated they may be. These stories on Youth, Poverty and Gender are snapshots of the learning process that accompanies the introduction and implementation of ICTs in a community development project.
In publishing these stories, the GKP hopes to share experiences and lessons learned to increase global understanding of how ICTs can be used to tackle poverty, injustice and inequalities. Conceptually, the idea of knowledge sharing and 'storytelling' underpins all of GKP programmes and projects. Good success stories have the ability to inspire and motivate communities. This is what the GKP hopes will happen when we award and recognise communities which have used ICT to uplift and empower themselves.
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While we are very excited about the benefits of knowledge-sharing, we need to also remind ourselves that success stories are in themselves sometimes just the beginning of great possibilities. Projects need to be properly evaluated, particularly detailing problems faced, how they were resolved and if they could not be resolved, why. Indepth evaluation of projects are most often put aside in favour of addressing pressing operational and fund-raising needs, and valuable lessons, sadly, get lost in the constant search for innovation. These lessons are important if we are serious about replicating and upscaling successes.
The stories were submitted under three broad categories: Youth, Poverty and Gender. The best among them have been selected for the inaugural GKP Youth Award, the Tony Zeitoun Awards for poverty reduction, and the Gender and ICT Awards. The awards will be presented at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to be held in Geneva in December 2003.
In the last six years the GKP has shown that if communities are empowered and engaged in shaping their own future they will be able to use technology to step out of poverty and underdevelopment. Youth, Poverty and Gender are three of the key focus areas of the GKP and through the awards and success stories mechanisms, we will continue to help increase the availability of information and knowledge on ICT4D and enhance the global knowledge base in this area.
This publication is part of the GKP's Knowledge for Development Series.
Rinalia Abdul Rahim
Executive Director, GKP Secretariat
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Table of Contents
Editorial
Youth
Youth Award Success Stories - category winners
EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1. Digital Data Divide Cambodia ** overall prize winner
2. OrphanIT
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
1. Integrated Education and Capacity Building for Girls and Children
2. Children's Voice
CULTURE
1. Living Heritage
EDUCATION
1. Engineers Without Borders Scala Project
ENVIRONMENT
1. ENO-Environment Online
MEDIA
1. MatMice: Free Homepages for Kids
HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEACE BUILDING
1. Rwanda Youth Rehabilitation Initiative
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
1. The Bridge: Suba Youth Training Programme
HEALTH
1. The Impact of HIV/AIDS in Katutura
Youth Award Success Stories - finalists
EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1. Thai RuralNet's Social Incubator Service
2. Economically empowering socially and deprived youth of India by creating employment opportunities for them in India's ICT sector
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
1. Child Safety on the Internet
EDUCATION
1. Strengthening and empowering low-income communities through Digital Inclusion
2. NairoBits Digital Design School
3. Habitat Learning Centre
4. Kidlink
5. Nunga IT
6. Paradigm Initiative Nigeria
CULTURE
1. Friends and Flags
ENVIRONMENT
1. Community-Led Environment Action Network (CLEAN India)
2. YWAT Project: Youth-Led Water Initiatives Database
MEDIA
1. Youth One - Edmonton's Online Youth Community
2. Nuff Stuff
3. Young Asia TV (YATV)
4. Vibewire.net
5. Xfresh -- Malaysia's Premiere Teen Community
HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEACE BUILDING
1. Child Soldiers Project
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
1. IndiaCalls -- using the power of the Net to promote volunteering among youth in India
HEALTH
1. eSwathsya -- health in a card
Poverty
Editorial
TONY ZEITOUN AWARDS SUCCESS STORIES
1. El Correo del Agricultor -- The farmer's mail ** winning entry
2. Selp Help Groups Show the Way ** winning entry
3. THAMEL: Reducing the social, cultural and economic cost of immigration through the power of ICT ** winning entry
4. I play, my Mom learns!
5. Africancraft.com generating pride and publicity for Africa's artisans:
a case study of weavers in Lesotho
6. Emergent e-governance ecosystem development in Bellandur, Karnataka
7. eShopAfrica.com - Hand Made in Africa
8. Plan International: "I am a Child, but I have my Rights too!"
9. Advent of information economy in remote parts of India
10. Advancing Society... Connecting People
11. ICT & Teacher Education: Rewiring the Minds
12. One small step -- a tale of cybermagic
Gender
Editorial
GENDER AND ICT AWARDS SUCCESS STORIES
A. INDIVIDUAL/COMMUNITY-BASED INITIATIVE: CAPACITY BUILDING CATEGORY
1. e Seva (e services) of West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India **winning entry
2. Digital Divide
3. Community Reproductive Health Project (REPROSALUD)
4. MatMice: Free Homepages For Kids
5. Women's E-Busines Support (WEBS)
6. Women's ICT Trainers Education Centre (WEC)
B. INDIVIDUAL/COMMUNITY-BASED INITIATIVE: ADVOCACY/NETWORKING CATEGORY
1. Nabanna **winning entry
2. ADA Network and Explore Training Project, Women in New Technologies
3. femLINKpacific: Media Initiatives for Women
4. Femmigration: Legal Agenda for Migrant Prostitutes and Trafficked Women
5. Modemmujer: Mexicos Only Electronic Communications Network
6. Giving Visibility to Invisible Work
C. MULTI-STAKEHOLDER INITIATIVE: GLOBAL/REGIONAL CATEGORY
1. Women Mayors' Link **winning entry
2. The Virtual Women's University (VIFU)
3. Cyber Institute for Women's Empowerment and Leadership
4. Achieving E-Quality in the IT Sector
5. FIRE: Feminista International Radio Endeavour
6. Where Women Want to Work (www2wk)
D. MULTI-STAKEHOLDER INITIATIVE: NATIONAL/LOCAL CATEGORY
1. Women Experiences in Situations of Armed Conflict **winning entry
2. Computer Mania Day
3. Strengthening Cyberela Network
4. Digital Teaching Units for Gender in History
5. Economic Empowerment of Minority Muslim Women in India
6. Women to Web
